IMPORTANT LOCAL HEARING FEB 17th ON THE LABADIE POWER PLANT WASTEWATER DISCHARGE PERMIT:
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NPDES General Operating Permits:
The department will hold a public hearing from 7-9 p.m., FEB. 17, 2015 at the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL, 1121 Columbus Lane, WASHINGTON MO, on the renewal of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the Ameren – Missouri Labadie Energy Center.
The department will hold a public hearing from 7-9 p.m., FEB. 17, 2015 at the KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS HALL, 1121 Columbus Lane, WASHINGTON MO, on the renewal of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the Ameren – Missouri Labadie Energy Center.
The hearing is to understand and discuss public concerns about the Labadie Energy Center’s Missouri state operating permit renewal, which authorizes the discharge of wastewater from the facility. The Labadie Energy Center is located in Franklin County at 226 Labadie Power Plant Road, Labadie, MO 63055.
Please note that the department’s clean water jurisdiction, as implemented through this permit, does not address questions beyond water quality related issues. For more information about the Public Hearing or the Ameren – Missouri Labadie Energy Center NPDES permit, contact the Missouri Department of Natural Resources’ Water Protection Program by phone at 800-361-4827 or 573-751-1300, or by mail at P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0176.
Ameren-Labadie Public Notice
Ameren-Labadie Public Notice
PICTURES: Leaks, seeps and discharge pipe from MODNR site visit and public record.
FACT: Ameren dumps 1+ billion gallons/day hot water into the Missouri River
FACT: Ameren dumps 25 million gallons/day of untreated coal ash wastewater into Missouri River
FACT: The Ameren NPDES permit has been expired over a decade while Ameren dumps
FACT: There is NO groundwater monitoring at ash ponds
FACT: There has been no investigation of the impacts of the decades of leaks from the Labadie ash dump sites on groundwater or nearby wells
FACT: MODNR let Ameren dump tons of waste from the old ash pond, directly onto the floodplain in late 2000's
MARK YOUR CALENDAR and PLAN ON ATTENDING - MODNR NPDES/WASTEWATER PUBLIC HEARING. Thank you!~
